I germinated a single peanut back in the spring and planted it in the draftiest spot in my tunnel, not the draftiest on purpose but in a spot where it was out of the way.
After that it was totally neglected and as we had a fairly cool dull summer I was most surprised when I pulled it up today.
I counted probably 22 nuts, which ain't bad from a single plant in Ireland.

Maybe I'll try it again next year with more of them and a bit of TLC this time.

Are you going to eat some of these or save for planting next year? I'd love to know what freshly pulled peanuts taste like - no idea how old the one from shops are.
Do they need to be cooked first? I understand in peanut country in the US they boil them in the husk then suck them out.

Maggie

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Purely to satisfy your curiosity we sampled a couple, and I can report that they taste just like fresh hazel nuts with a slight peanutty aftertaste.
I think I may have a go at growing a lot more next year. My small greenhouse has nothing allocated to it now that I have my new dedicated tomato greenhouse, and I have been wondering what to grow in there.
This one that I grew was labelled as grown in Spain, I thought that would be more likely to grow here than Chinese ones. So maybe search for some DnD, although the ones we bought recently have no country of origin on them (Lidl & Supervalu)
No trick or treaters round here, they've all grown up.

Also (I'm dead gullible for weird things to grow), I've grown 2 large pots of "Tiger Nuts" this year as well. They grew well, but still have fairly green tops, so if you haven't tried them yourself you'll have to wait a few more weeks until harvest.
I'm not expecting much, they are described as tasting like coconut and almonds, we shall see ....